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The Moon on Wednesday, January 23, 2013: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 87.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 22°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on January 23, 2013Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 23 January 2013404,738 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 23, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.7% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
404,738 km251,493 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 2013 is on Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 04:39 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 11, 2013 at 19:44 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, January 18, 201323:45
Full Moon (after)Sunday, January 27, 201304:39

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Wednesday, January 23, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 11, 2013 to the new moon of February 10, 2013, a cycle of 29.48 days.